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The current status of lightning safety knowledge and the effects of lightning education modes on college students
Phillips, Melissa; Schmidlin, Thomas - In: Natural Hazards 70 (2014) 2, pp. 1231-1245
Lightning is a natural hazard occurring frequently within the United States causing injury, damage, and death. To avoid this hazard, citizens need to self-mitigate their risk by taking action. The level of lightning safety knowledge must be known to determine if citizens have the tools to...
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The tourism disaster vulnerability framework: an application to tourism in small island destinations
Becken, Susanne; Mahon, Roché; Rennie, Hamish; … - In: Natural Hazards 71 (2014) 1, pp. 955-972
facilitate the systematic analysis of the underlying vulnerability drivers, a tourism disaster vulnerability framework was … dimensions. Probably, the most critical vulnerability driver is the lack of private sector investment in disaster risk reduction …
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Large-scale vulnerability assessments for natural hazards
Simpson, David; Human, R. - In: Natural Hazards 47 (2008) 2, pp. 143-155
This article examines the process by which vulnerability analysis takes place at the state level for State Hazard … and Policy Development at the University of Louisville are described, followed by a brief discussion on issues and … challenges. A key finding in this article is the need to understand the impact and role of vulnerability analysis on planning and …
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Vulnerabilities and migration in Small Island Developing States in the context of climate change
Julca, Alex; Paddison, Oliver - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 717-728
development have earned them particular consideration in the development agenda. This article sheds light on some of the …
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Risk reduction at the “Last-Mile”: an attempt to turn science into action by the example of Padang, Indonesia
Taubenböck, H.; Goseberg, N.; Lämmel, G.; Setiadi, N.; … - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 1, pp. 915-945
More than ever before, the last decade revealed the immense vulnerability of the world’s cities to natural hazards … organizations well prepared in the advent of anticipated but to a large extent disregarded natural disasters. It is evident that the … sensing, social sciences, evacuation modelling and capacity development. The paper presents the results of this research …
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Exposure of main critical facilities to natural and man-made hazards in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Novelo-Casanova, D.; Suárez, G. - In: Natural Hazards 61 (2012) 3, pp. 1277-1292
The level of exposure to the impact of natural and man-made hazards of the main critical facilities at Grand Cayman (GC), Cayman Islands, was determined using the methodology developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center. Previous studies identified...
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Natural and man-made hazards in the Cayman Islands
Novelo-Casanova, D.; Suárez, Gerardo - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 2, pp. 441-466
In this work, we analyze the various natural and man-made hazards that may affect the Cayman Islands and determine the level of exposure of Grand Cayman to these events. The magnitude, frequency, and probability of occurrence of the natural and man-made hazards that may potentially affect the...
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Environmental disasters in social context: toward a preventive and precautionary approach
Hewitt, Kenneth - In: Natural Hazards 66 (2013) 1, pp. 3-14
integration in disaster management. This must be done against a background of ever-increasing numbers of disasters. The initiating … one of (in)effective deployment than major deficiencies. Social analyses suggest the scope of today’s disasters follows … anatomies of the social and physical conditions of disasters. They demonstrate and trace out the interplay of environmental …
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The impacting factors of vulnerability to natural hazards in China: an analysis based on structural equation model
Le–Le Zou - In: Natural Hazards 62 (2012) 1, pp. 57-70
The vulnerability to natural hazard is one of the inner characteristics of social economic system, which is determined … development, the migration, and the equity of resource allocation are among the most important impacting factors in forming and … developing of the vulnerability, their interrelationship is still unclear enough. The study in this paper employs the method of …
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Vulnerability, resilience and development discourses in context of climate change
Cannon, Terry; Müller-Mahn, Detlef - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 621-635
The paper discusses how the current climate change debate influences the way in which development is conceptualised … development discourses in the context of climate change. Adaptation to climate change goes along with a significant shift in … discourses used to deal with what is normally called development. This is reflected in shifting research interests and …
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